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This is an 1899 double-exposed photo (so say the experts) that allowed this ghostly image. I think "spiritography" from the 19c and early 20c are fabulous. Happy Halloween early - this puts my in the spirit!

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2022-10-06

I've enjoyed spending time with you, It truly was a wild time! This is Crystal signing off. Stick around as will join at 6:30 BST to host the last session of the day. Get your next tweets ready to go. See you soon! (IMG: H. Thoma)

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2021-09-17

These demons, dressed up and enjoying their work, were a Medieval reminder for the wealthy to keep it in line. Or suffer. (From La Livre de la Vigne Notre Seigneur c 1450)

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2021-09-16

It's been a while but here's some badgery This week's theme: islands.

The tanuki Danzaburō was travelling to Sado island when he met a fox who begged to go with him.

"They won't like you looking like that," the tanuki said and advised the fox to transform...

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2021-07-22

Pursuing love across a thousand years, surviving impossible quests and monstrous reincarnations, Midir and Étain are our hero and heroine this Listen to Ben Haggarty tell this 10th century epic on Radio Crick Crack now! It's ❤️💥🔥 https://t.co/H3EMOfpYuS

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2021-05-06

Earlier I shared Richard Dadd's 'The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke' for Here's another one of his paintings, 'Come unto These Yellow Sands' (1842). It's included in this article on : https://t.co/0kKKKjsVZ1

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2021-02-12

is believed to have originated as Celtic Holiday, in Ireland around 2000 years ago. We’ve picked The Girl who Danced with the Fairies – an Irish Halloween Tale for some spooky reading this Read it here: https://t.co/lTziU9f210

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2020-10-29

What a heroic session, This is Crystal signing off. Stick around because will join at 6:30 BST for today’s last session. “She will rise. With a spine of steel and a roar like thunder, she will rise.” — Nicole Lyons (Image: Füssli)

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2020-10-09

I now know where the wild things are, 😊 This is Crystal signing off. Get your next tweets ready because will join at 6:30 BST for today’s last session. “Love her [the firefly, tree, bird] but leave her wild." ― Atticus (Image: Unknown)

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2020-08-27

I had a blast sharing your water wisdom, This is Crystal signing off. Get your next tweets ready because will be on at 6:30 BST for today’s last session. “Be still like a mountain and flow like a great river." ― Lao Tzu (Image: Stillman)

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2020-08-20

I’m off to bury my toes in the sand, This is Crystal waving goodbye. The magnificent will join at 6:30 BST for today’s last session. “Every island to a child is a treasure island.” ― P.D. James (Image: M. Pernhart)

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2020-07-16

No matter the weather, it’s always great to spend time with you, This is Crystal signing off. Our wonderful host will join at 6:30 BST. Don’t forget… wherever you go, bring your own sunshine! See you soon! (Image: Sconosciuto)

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2020-07-10

I've been waiting for this In keeping with today's theme, I bring the Slavic god Yarilo (sort of my namesake), whose name in Ukrainian means Spring. He's also the deity of fire, fertility and the ferocity of life, wears flower crowns and rides a white horse.

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2020-04-09

Our time together has come to an end, This is Crystal signing off. will jump on at 6:30 GMT to share more of your traditional stories and tales for See you soon! (Image: Rackham)

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2020-02-06

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Known as Pharisees & famous for their love of dancing; the last Fairies in England lived in the Sussex Downs - from The Spectator 1908: 'Pharisees & Fairy Rings'.

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2019-08-15

Sometimes, I don't know what to say for Not true on -- Medieval cat tiles are also featured (that means seriously discounted) and do help support (All are here: https://t.co/0QZ6Na5UXh)

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2019-08-09

The symbolises death & Saturn, but also the rebirth of light at the The Yew is Old Magic, dreams, otherworld journeys & connection to ancestors. It is perseverance leading to transformation & renewal.

Image: The Yew Fairy, Cicely Barker

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2018-12-13

It's been a while since my last La Llorona, "The Weeping Woman", is a spirit from Mexico that brings misfortune to those that witness her. She wails and cries near rivers trying, but never finding, the children she once lost.

Art by Tavo Montañez

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2018-10-11

The Elder is known as the Queen of Trees. Its berries protect & break spells cast against you.
Illust: Cicely Barker.

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2017-11-30

For we celebrate the beautiful of Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen for the 1914 book 'East of The Sun and West of the Moon'. Mysterious, and other wordly Norwegian folktales brought to life.

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2017-11-16